Syrian Refugees in Germany

KGNU’s Maeve Conran spoke with Susanne Stadlbauer, PhD. While in Germany over the Christmas holidays, Dr. Stadlbauer spoke with a number of Syrian refugees placed at a camp in her hometown of Straubing in east Bavaria. She shares refugees’ stories of their journey to Germany, conditions the refugees left in Syria, how social media has become a lifeline, and comments on attitudes towards the new refugees in Germany.

Susanne Stadlbauer is a researcher at the Center for Media, Religion, and Culture (CMRC) at CU Boulder and a board member of the Boulder County United Nations Association.

Image: Syrian refugees in Straubing, Germany hand out roses to distance themselves from the 2015 New Year’s Eve attacks in Cologne. Source